Marty Friedman (guitar, ex-MEGADETH), Jeff Scott Soto (vocals, TALISMAN/ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), Rob Rock (vocals, ex-IMPELLITTERI), Kee Marcello (guitar, ex-EUROPE), and Mattias IA Eklund (guitar, FREAK KITCHEN) are among the guests appearing on the sophomore full-length album from Sweden's LAUDAMUS. The as-yet-untitled effort, which was recorded in Costa Mesa, California under the watchful eye of producer Ken ...
NIGHT RANGER/ex-OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Brad Gillis has signed a deal with Fox Sports TV to write a dozen rock tracks to be recorded later this month for a February airing. Check out the new "Liquid Hot Music Production" web site for details and music samples at www.liquidhot.net. ...
Finland's SINERGY will play their "longest gig ever" at their upcoming show at Hard Club in Porto, Portugal on Jan. 26. "You'll hear a wide range of songs from all 3 albums, plus a few cover songs," reads a message on the band's official web site. "This will be SINERGY's last gig in support of ...
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne renewed their wedding vows during a New Year's Eve party at the Beverly Hills Hotel that included hundreds of guests. The couple got married on July 4, 1982, but delayed their 20th anniversary celebration because of Sharon's battle with colon cancer. They announced their plans in November. Sharon wore a cream-colored ...
A full-length MP3 of KAMELOT's "Center Of The Universe" has been made available for download at this location. "Center Of The Universe" comes off the group's forthcoming "Epica" CD, due on Jan. 13 through Sanctuary/Noise Records. ...
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES are set to enter the studio later in the month to begin work on the material for their forthcoming album, tentatively due in late spring/early summer. "We've got a number of meetings and people coming from all over," states a message on the band's official web site. "We'll leave it at that for ...
H20 frontman Toby Morse, NEW FOUND GLORY guitarist Chad Gilbert, MADBALL singer Freddy Cricien and MADBALL bassist Hoya Roc have set ALL AGES as the name for their brand new collaboration, which is expected to release a debut album later in the year. No further information is available at this time. ...
Sweden's THE DEFACED, the band featuring DARKANE guitarist Klas Ideberg and SOILWORK drummer Henry Ranta, have finished filming a video for the track "Once In Between" off the group's forthcoming "Karma In Black" effort, due in early 2003 through Italy's Scarlet Records. Meanwhile, "the cover artwork [for 'Karma In Black'] has been completed now for ...
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Ward was set to fill in for HALFORD's Ray Riendeau during the group's West Coast mini-tour this week after Riendeau's family suffered a tragic loss that prevented the bassist from appearing at the dates (which have since been cancelled). It is not presently clear if Ward will join HALFORD during ...
PRIMER 55 have announced their decision to disband "due to creative and personal issues." The band, who recently completed the Jagermeister $12 Riot U.S. tour with DOPE, had previously issued two full-length albums through the Island/Def Jam label. The following is guitarist Bobby Burns' statement on the split: "Hey everyone... What I'm about to tell ...
